by Adventure Scientists | Oct 16, 2015 | Video
Writing and Video by Nika SladeASC Landmark Crew MemberThe change of the seasons is coming, and the flight of the sandhill cranes is an exciting indicator. Walking our weekly transects, we have heard their harmonizing honk—a rolling bugle sometimes miles...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Federal Government Releases Memo, Toolkit for Citizen Science GT moving and shaking at the White House. By Emily Stifler WolfeASC StaffASC is riding the crest of a powerful wave. At a September 30 forum, The White House released a memo on crowdsourcing and citizen...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 9, 2015 | Audio, Photography
Ancient discoveries on the prairie: The crew found an arrowhead on one of their transects. They were told by a visiting archeologist that you can see that the arrowhead was broken on the top by way of a hit. The stone it was made from had been etched—its white patina...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 8, 2015 | microplastics, oceans, sailing
By Thomas NielsenASC Microplastics Adventurer Team Sea Runners sailing north past Lasqueti Island. During their adventure, they gathered samples for ASC. (Photo by Michael Dougherty) By mid afternoon, light southerlies were filling in. The sea surface became rippled...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 6, 2015 | Audio, Landmark
Writing and Media by Dove HenryASC Landmark Crew Member Click above to hear the elk During the third week of September—the peak of the elk rut in Montana—the Landmark crew made a trip to the Slippery Ann elk viewing area in the Charles M. Russell Wildlife...